RALEIGH, NC - Katharine Whalen, former frontperson in the roaring nineties swing band Squirrel Nut Zippers, is planning her return to music following a short hiatus with her first solo album in seven ...

ASPEN ” Jimbo Mathus has been a key sideman for some legendary musicians. He was a guitarist and arranger for two of Buddy Guy’s finest CD: 2001’s “Sweet Tea” and 2004’s Grammy-winning “Blues Singer,” ...

Of all the trends in contemporary music that have come and gone over the years, the swing boom of the mid-to-late 1990s remains one of the most memorable. Seemingly out of nowhere, the hot-jazz sounds ...

You’d be barking up the wrong tree to call the Squirrel Nut Zippers’ latest incarnation a reunion. Band leader and founder Jimbo Mathus prefers the term revival. RELATED: Springfield Symphony ...

In the summer of 1995, only about two years after forming the band in Chapel Hill, N.C., Jimbo Mathus came to bandmates Tom Maxwell and Ken Mosher, two other co-founders of the vintage-styled old, ...

The members of the reunited Squirrel Nut Zippers figure an album of new material is inevitable, if not imminent. By Gary Graff, Billboard, The Associated Press DETROIT — The members of the reunited ...

Squirrel Nut Zippers has plenty on its plate this year. The group is on the road now celebrating the 25th anniversary of its debut album, “The Inevitable,” by playing it in its entirety. It will also ...

If you hate fun, now would be the time move on to another session. My guests on the show today are the members of Squirrel Nut Zippers. The band just released Beasts of Burgundy, its first new album ...

Jimbo Mathus, front and center, leads the 2018 version of Squirrel Nut Zippers. Photo by Nate Burrell. Few bands have had a more unusual birth, death and rebirth than Squirrel Nut Zippers, who this ...

Though interrupted by COVID-19 last year, Squirrel Nut Zippers’ Holiday Caravan Tour is a tradition from a band that holds its traditions close. Over its 28 on-and-off years, the group — which ...

Though interrupted by COVID-19 last year, Squirrel Nut Zippers’ Holiday Caravan Tour is a tradition from a band that holds its traditions close. Over its 28 on-and-off years, the group — which ...